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Honey Teak EJ Tews at 11:07pm 03.24.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/980 Has anyone used Honey Teak before. I am replaceing the teak on the topside of my O'Day 25 and have
"Stuck" Throttle Evan at 12:11pm 03.31.02 Big Boats 2/1026
problem with zippers on my bimini donald at 12:37pm 03.30.02 Ask All Sailors 4/1958 The bimini on my 34 ft. sailboat is about 4 or 5 years old, and is in good shape, but I am having tr
bahamas greg at 10:13pm 03.28.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1251 I'm planning a trip to the Bahamas 3/24 from Fort Worth inlet. Anyone else leaving around this time?
Ref last article - undercoating part Dick at 11:08am 03.27.02 Trailer Sailors 1/1793 Trying to figure how to coat under bunkers. Would it be possible to crank trailer jack all the way d
O'Day 23 Headsail Dimensions? Dan'l at 12:26pm 03.26.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1409 I recently had my sails stolen and while I can find a Main for my 80'23, I can't find the 110 Jib si
Propeller Replacement Sandy Ray at 9:48pm 03.25.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/1037 I have had trouble with poor power / manueverability on my 1983 33' Hunter. It currently has a two b
Boomkicker vs. other rigid vangs... Tim Houston at 12:44am 03.25.02 Smaller Boats 3/1148 Late last season, I purchased a boomkicker for my 260 but never got the chance to install it. I've s
Replacement for ports of 1979 H37C Art Barnes at 7:19am 03.31.02 Ask All Sailors 5/1188 I recently broke a port on my Hunter 1979 37 Cutter. As you know, they are the plastic ones which ca
Hunter 23: Look for Trailer Herb at 2:19am 03.28.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/841 I am probably not the only one with this problem. I have a Hunter 23, but no trailer and a new one c
Muffler MJ at 5:20am 03.26.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/1040 Did the C27 with the Atomic 4 originally come with a water muffler? I have seen the Atomic 4 that w
ANCHOR LOCKER WASHDOWN Tim Leighton at 9:08pm 03.24.02 Big Boats 5/1848 Have any of you 400 owners installed a SW washdown system on their boats? I put one in my Hunter 31
Cleaning mildew from fenders Lex at 12:59pm 03.29.02 Ask All Sailors 6/3078 I have recently started spring cleaning on my boat. I have found that the fenders I had stored in a
Hunter 27 rigging legnth, deck paint David Goldsmith at 6:49am 03.25.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/1243 Time to replace the standing rigging, 27' '77. Need to know the legnths of the wires so I know how m
Magic O'Day window removal!! Mark Swart at 3:17am 03.27.02 Bigger Boats 2/1134 For anyone that's tried to remove windows in a 272, 242, 192 or any other similar boat:After liter
buying used Bob Griffin at 10:57am 03.24.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1160 We have just started to search for our frist Mac. We are looking for either a 26x or 26s. I would
down south nick at 8:13am 03.24.02 Ask All Sailors 1/1101 What's the weather and sailing conditions during the second week of april in deltaville virginia ,wh
Swing Keel Cable Judson at 6:01am 03.24.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/957 I just read Michael's article about his swing keel problem, and my question may help us both. My swi
TEAK TOO DARK IN CABIN Charlie Burga at 3:50am 03.24.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/7741 My 1986 Hunter 34 has very dark teak in the cabin. I have seen other Hunters with a light colored w
drydock impeller test? cee-bee at 12:40am 03.24.02 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1181 Recently aquired O'Day OMC zepher 15HP, Inboard"saildrive". During drydock rennovation, would like

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More than 12 HP on my ODay 30? Roland5048 at 12:47pm 07.13.20 Replaced the original YSB-12 in my '77 Hunter 30, (10,000 lb displacement), with a new 3YM20, (21 hp
More than 12 HP on my ODay 30? odaydokay at 12:44pm 07.13.20 don';t think O'Day built any boats that would only do 3 knots, so I suspect his engine is not just
tricolour Trip switch jviss at 12:41pm 07.13.20 That is only true for a few rare materials in the rare earth oxide family. For normal metals, heat
More than 12 HP on my ODay 30? dlochner at 12:40pm 07.13.20 Well the rule of thumb according to the internet is 1hp for every 500 pounds that puts you at 24 hp
Ball Bearing Autoprop Assistane sailme88 at 12:36pm 07.13.20 I have a three blade auto prop. Lots of likes and dislikes...Had it serviced this winter. between th
Deck Layout - Template or Drawing rgranger at 12:32pm 07.13.20 The alternative is paper templating the entire surface just to get a ballpark quote. Thanks in adv
tricolour Trip switch rgranger at 12:29pm 07.13.20 Heat would lower the resistance, and wouldn't do anything to trip the breaker that I can imagine.
Questions after first launch for Hunter 23.5 rgranger at 12:21pm 07.13.20 I have the two burner stove in mine and it is original. Love it. You pour ethanol (go to Lowes in
nramsey at 12:16pm 07.13.20 Our O'Day 40 came with a 155 genoa. It was a lot bigger than we wanted for casual cruising. We rep
More than 12 HP on my ODay 30? rgranger at 12:16pm 07.13.20 If you were to install a more powerful engine, would your old '78 then meet those future needs you
More than 12 HP on my ODay 30? rgranger at 12:13pm 07.13.20 Talk to the engine manufacturers, especially Beta Marine. If the engine is over sized it will not r
Ball Bearing Autoprop Assistane MikeHoncho at 12:08pm 07.13.20 Did they machine it to accept replaceable bearing races? How bad did the original races look?
Hatch covers for hunter 34 (1) rgranger at 12:07pm 07.13.20 A less attractive option but one that is quick, easy and cheap would be to cut to fit and affix (tap
digital engine senders for old yanmars?? Mike Oldak at 12:07pm 07.13.20 Do you have a part number for the sw/gauge combo sensor?
Furling drum (1) sail sfbay at 12:06pm 07.13.20 Could this be the part from the catalog assuming they have the part available? Product
Hatch covers for hunter 34 rgranger at 12:04pm 07.13.20 Ooops hit send to soon. Here is a set for the H33 https://shop.hunterowners.com/hp/part.php?m=33&c
Hatch covers for hunter 34 rgranger at 12:02pm 07.13.20 I don't see hatch covers on this web site, anyone know of any stock hatch covers for 1983 H34. I
Sailboat adrift in the Catalina channel (Southern California) - July 12 2020 marke14 at 11:49am 07.13.20 Yeah Rick, we had a great wind angle yesterday and were pretty much on the ferry route heading south
Wind Instruments y knot at 11:48am 07.13.20 I had a SR Nav 10. Which stopped working. I sent it back to SR and they couldn't get it working. T
Sailboat adrift in the Catalina channel (Southern California) - July 12 2020 Rick D at 11:45am 07.13.20 We were monitoring 16 on the way back to the mainland, but at 1:30 we were very busy dodging jet ski

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